As contenders for Producers of 2009, L-Vis 1990 and Bok Bok were literally on fire... and now their most prized possession is making noises all of it's own.
Exciting week for the Night Slugs crew - their fourth official release is out this week from funky badman Lil Silva, and they're putting on room 2 for Fact Magazine's Cable party - the coming together of a lot of hard work from the Night Slugs crew. Blending UK and US styles like no other, the NS camp sound like no-one else right now.
The latest release on the label... Lil Silva's Night Skanker EP, is a perfect example of this - a fully upfront mix of UK Funky and Grime. Two classic Lil Silva tracks sit perfectly alongside some newer hits and one of the tastiest mash ups we've heard in a long time. Previous releases have seen the NS crew take on aspects of Juke, Bruk, Detroit, House and much much more. For a taste of what to expect, check this free giveaway from Night Slugs (only available on vinyl until recently). Also please grab the Night Skanker EP if you're feeling it... just click the image and you'll be taken to it.
Bok Bok's showcase mix ties all the previous releases together aswell as giving an exclusive look into what is forthcoming on the Night Slugs label.... If this mix is anything to go by, Night Slugs will no doubt be the label of 2010. No tracklisting for this one, so trainspotter's represent... first one to send us it, get's a packet of Starmix Haribo!
Also don't forget that Night Slugs will be in town this Friday (June 4th) collaboration with We Fear Silence and Fact Magazine for a top night down @ Cable... Ram @ Fabric is now sold out, and you'll have to queue up at 8pm to get in on the door there, so you now have no excuse to head down... Facebook info here!
Morning all... crazy weekend for me, some big things happening for me this summer... just secured myself an internship in Fabric's PR department for the whole of May. Fabric is like a home from home for me, so means a lot to be working along side them soon.
Today is Monday though, so it's time for some new mixes... some good stuff this week, I hope you'll agree, let's do it.
First up is Bok Bok and his awesome exclusive mix for Redlight's In New 1Xtra DJs We Trust show on BBC 1Xtra. Some hot new material from Bok Bok and exclusive's from the likes of Deep Teknologi (expect a feature on them very soon), R1 Ryders and Mosca.
I caught this on iPlayer this morning and had to include it in this post. Fresh new dubs, good vibes, get locked!
Champion — Motherboard
DJ Mujava — Mugwanti / Sgwejegweje
Deep Tecknologi — Anthem
Cosmin Trg — Tribal Flex
Egyptrixx — Everybody Bleeding (Kingdom Remix)
Mosca — Square One Vip
DJ Donna Summer — King (Bok Bok Remix)
Swindle — Airmiles
R1 Ryders — Hydraulic
Marcus Price — Var E Naaaken (Bok Bok Remix)
Next up is Mat Cant and his top 30 minute mix from his recent set at Scatterfest. 19 tunes in 30 minutes... and featuring some of the best current picks in the electro/techno scene. There's also Laidback Luke's edit of last years' most illusive remix in Switch's take on Corporate Criminal, not one to miss.
You can also grab Mat Cant's recent release EP, Hornbo available for free from Scatterblog.
Sound Of Stereo – Zipper (LA Riots Remix)
Chuckie & Afrojack feat Shermanology – Freeriders (Original Mix)
Afrojack & The Partysquad – Check Die Beat (Original Mix)
Grace Jones - Corporate Criminal (Switch Remix - Laidback Luke Edit)
Computer Juice – Juice (Tai & D.I.M Remix)
Zombie Nation – Seas Of Grease (Harvard Bass Remix)
French Fries – Predador (BeatauCue Remix)
Major Lazer – Keep It Going Louder (Savage Skulls Remix)
Wiley – Never Be Your Woman ft. Emeli Sande (Solo Loves Garage Remix)
Crazy Cousinz ft. MC Versitile – Funky Anthem
The Count & Sinden – Mega (Mat Cant Touch Edit)
Drop The Lime – Doomsday Device (Original Mix)
Sharooz – Saccharin (SonicC Remix)
Toadally Krossed Out – Yakity Yak (Original Mix)
Savage Skulls feat Timbuktu – Bumps
Gella – Twinkle ft. Spyda (Baobinga & I.D Remix)
Suncycle – No More ft. Mavado (Redlight & Toddla T Remix)
Zinc – Wile Out ft. Ms Dynamite (Original Mix)
Partysquad – Murderer (Original Mix)
Finall we have Fabric resident Tayo and his recent promo mix for Fabriclive... a lot of variety, moving in and out of hip-hop, dubstep and the darker side of the bass house spectrum.
I've always been very impressed with Tayo's output over the past couple of years... a perfect selection and an acute eye for hidden gems. I saw him last year supporting Starket and Drop The Lime at Fabriclive... a very underrated DJ in my mind... always on point with the right grooves, ready to take you through a journey, something that's seen a resurgence in the house scene of late.
Been listening to this non-stop all weekend... strongly recommend!
Outkast - Da Art Of Story Telling Part 2
Joy Orbison - The Shrew Would Have Cusioned The Blow
Sick Rick - Crossing
Synkro - Connected
The Others - Karma
Von D & Nivo O - The Lair
Headhunter - Prototype (Modeselektor remix)
Jack Sparrow - Terminal
MArcus Visionary - Build Them A Coffin
Tayo meets Acid Rockers feat. Pupajim - Vampayaa (Marcus Visionary remix)
Breakage - Open Up
MArk Pritchard - Elephant Dub
Joker - City Hopper
Tayo meets Acid Rockers feat. Pupajim - Vampayaa (Starkey remix)
Gemmy - Noob Tube
Trenchman - Parallel world
Trenchman & Kings of Tomorrow - Tear It Up
Monday, 2 November 2009
Big new mix here from the one and only Bok-Bok. Bigups to ElectricZoo for the headsup on this one! Some great new tunes and forthcoming releases on the wonderous Night Slugs label run by Bok-Bok and his partner in all this bassy and unruly, L-Vis 1990.
1. Mosca - Untitled 2. Yonurican - Broken Soul 3. Riot Kid - Zulu/Wickeda - A Nie Dvamata S Bobi Piem Kafe (Ramadanman Horns acapella) 4. Noob & Brodinski - Peanuts Club (Bok Bok & Greena Remix) 5. Mosca - Square One (L-Vis 1990 Remix) 6. Invasion - Spells Of Deception (Boy 8-Bit Remix) 7. Mosca - Gold Bricks, I See You 8. Jan Driver - Rat Alert 9. Kingdom - It Gets Better 10. French Fries - Freak 11. Al Ripken & Diamond K - Hands In The Air (Bok Bok Remix) 12. Jam City - Underpass Limiter 13. Zomby - Silver Ocean
First up a bit of event news for those of you from/near to London. The Pull & Bear afterparty is tonight (Wednesday 16th) and is going to be an absolutely massive night - it's going down at the Bathhouse in Liverpool Street, and unbelievably it's free entry... Which considering the lineup is fairly hard to believe: Drums of Death, Joe Goddard, Cooly G, Brackles & Patchwork Pirates. So if you're in London tonight then make sure you get yourself down! Facebook event here.
Warp have released a whole load of new details about the upcoming Hudson Mohawke LP: the LP is called Butter and is due out on the 12th October. You can check the artwork above, and HudMo himself has put together an album minimix, which you can cop here(right click, save as.). For more info about the album and to preorder, head to the Warp Records website, or the HudMo myspace.
Next up we've finally got some news about the Night Slugs EP (which is forthcoming on Jackmaster's Dress 2 Sweat imprint.) The EP was originally due out on the 14th, but I've been assured that it is coming SOON, and problems with the label are responsible for the delay. In the meantime, Bok Bok has put together a Dubplates mix, full of exclusives from both the Night Slugs boys.
BOK BOK // Ripe Banana Buraka Som Sistema // Generale (L-VIS 1990 remix) Royal T // Beat Fighter (BOK BOK remix) Hardhead // Toothbrush Country (L-VIS 1990 edit) BOK BOK // Citizens Of The City Dub L-VIS 1990 // Zahonda Little Jinder // Youth Blood (BOK BOK remix) L-VIS 1990 // Compass Untold // Stop What You’re Doing (BOK BOK edit) BOK BOK & L-VIS 1990 // Wake Up Early L-VIS 1990 // Hide Riton & Primary 1 // Who’s There (L-VIS 1990 remix) Egyptrixx // Just Say Really (BOK BOK remix) Kingdom ft Shyvonne // Mind Reader (L-VIS 1990 remix) L-VIS 1990 // Changes Secret Agent Gel // Crew (BOK BOK dub) Gucci Vump // Sha, Shtil! (L-VIS 1990 remix)
We've finally been given a glimps at Pioneer's new range of CDJ's, which seem to feature some kind of headup twaveform display (I'm hoping it's nice a touch responsive)... James Zabiela has recently expressed his delight at the new features, which I think are a strong answer for anyone DJs wondering whether to switch to digital... to just stay put with CD decks.
Here's a couple of pics of the proposed 'CDJ 2000'.
Also this weekend sees the third anniversary of one of my favourite labels in the game, Trouble & Bass, who've got Skream and Benga coming over to Brooklyn for a very special party.
I've been a huge fan of the label for the last couple of years and hope to see DTL at least once more this year... fabric sort out another residency night please!
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